A 79 year old female is sent in by urgent care for a CT scan of the chest after a plain film demonstrates a sternal fracture after MVC. "No problem," you think as you order the CT and go about your shift. A few hours later, however, you hear the dreaded "I need a doctor in here!" from your patient's room....
Dr. Patrice Baptista critically appraises the literature on this airway topic.
You are intubating a 68 year old male in the emergency department for hypoxic respiratory failure.
Dr. Nowlan, M.D., discusses Stridor.
Part 2 of Back to Basics: Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation focuses on BiPAP settings.
Intubating children can be scary but Dr. Chew has you covered with the basics on endotracheal tube sizes and laryngoscope blade sizes.
EM Daily's critical care section has done several excellent posts on tracheostomy management. Here we take a step back and review the basics of tracheostomies.
Quick review of mechanisms of diease and available treatments for angioedema
EMS calls ahead for a patient in respiratory extremis. They are just a few minutes out and your team is calmly putting the resuscitation space together and preparing for intubation. A question catches you off guard - do you want this patient in a ramped or sniffing position?
